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Gainsharing: A Critical Review and a Future Research Agenda

Cornell University

Luis R. Gomez Mejia

Arizona State University

This article provides a critical review of the extensive literature on gainsharing. It examines the reasons for the fast growth in these programs in recent years and the major prototypes used in the past. Different theoretical formulations making predictions about the behavioral consequences and conditions mediating the success of these programs are discussed and the supporting empirical evidence is examined. The large number of a theoretical case studies and practitioner reports or gainsharing are also summarized and integrated. The article concludes with a suggested research agenda for the future.

Journal of Management, Vol. 21, No. 3, 559-609 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/014920639502100307


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